On the same day Saints GM Mickey Loomis and assistant coach Joe Vitt are appealing suspensions at NFL headquarters, an explosive (and expletive-laden) audio recording from former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams has emerged.

In the speech, which was recorded by filmmaker Sean Pamphilon in the Saints locker room before a playoff game with the 49ers, Williams implores the Saints to target specific specific players, including quarterback Alex Smith, running back Frank Gore, and receivers Michael Crabtree and Kyle Williams, and tight end Vernon Davis. San Francisco won the game, 36-32.

Gregg williams shows alot of disrespect and hatred for other by this act. There is no place for this kind of behavior is sports. Accidents and injuries are innevitable, but to blatently attack players as he did deserves to be expelled from the sport for good. We are supposed to do our best against other teams and not intentionally hurt players. Its a vicious game as it is, but to target players is inexcusable.

meldasue

I’m appalled. It’s not just the targeting of specific players, but the whole philosophy. Maybe I’m naive, but I hope this isn’t representative of the NFL.

Gregg Williams should have gotten the same punishment as Sean Payton. You expect a certain amount of violence in football. But ordering your team to attack specific players is disgraceful, I didn’t listen to all of Williams’ speech, but four minutes is enough to convince me that he’d do anything to win, even putting a price on the opposing players’ heads.

rcsodak

What surprises me is that there is no mention of Dennis Allen in any of this. He was supposedly Williams’ prodigy, while with N’Orleans. He doesnt come across as a saint (No pun intended).

Nicki Jhabvala is a Broncos beat writer for The Denver Post. She was previously the digital news editor for sports. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor. She also spent two years as a home page editor at the New York Times.